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On June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II is formally crowned monarch of the United Kingdom in a lavish ceremony steeped in traditions that date back a millennium.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/coronation-of-queen-elizabeth-ii

Happy Jewel Staite Day!!

OTD in 1924 with Congress’ passage of the Indian Citizenship Act, the government of the United States confers citizenship on all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the country.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-indian-citizenship-act

On this day in 1980, CNN (Cable News Network), the world’s first 24-hour television news network, makes its debut.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cnn-launches

On this day in 1934, the Tokyo-based Jidosha-Seizo Kabushiki-Kaisha (Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in English) takes on a new name: Nissan Motor Company.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nissan-motor-company-founded

The famous tower clock known as Big Ben, located at the top of the 320-foot-high St. Stephen’s Tower, rings out over the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, for the first time on this day in 1859.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/big-ben-goes-into-operation-in-london

On this day in 1911, Ray Harroun drives his single-seater Marmon Wasp to victory in the inaugural Indianapolis 500, now one of the world’s most famous motor racing competitions.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-indianapolis-500-held

Happy James Parr day!

In one of the worst ship disasters in history, the British liner Empress of Ireland, carrying 1,477 passengers and crew, collides with the Norwegian freighter Storstad in the gulf of Canada’s St. Lawrence River. The Storstad penetrated 15 feet into the Empress of Ireland‘s starboard side, and the vessel sunk within 14 minutes, drowning 1,012 of its passengers and crew.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-sinking-of-the-empress-of-ireland

On this day in 1937, the government of Germany–then under the control of Adolf Hi**er of the National Socialist (N**i) Party–forms a new state-owned automobile company, then known as Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH. Later that year, it was renamed simply Volkswagenwerk, or “The People’s Car Company.”
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/volkswagen-is-founded